Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 1650 N Lawndale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N Lawndale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,411 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 750

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3409 W North Ave (7 min walk) · 3950 W North Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1650 N Lawndale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 N Drake Ave alone took 368 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,608 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1900 N Drake Ave — 368 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 9 min walk S
1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340 tickets, 6 min walk N

Permit zones5,756 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

1700 N Keystone Ave — 670 tickets, 9 min walk W
3500 W Cortland St — 646 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1900 N St Louis Ave — 485 tickets, 9 min walk NE

City sticker checks136 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks3,622 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3500 W Mclean Ave — 378 tickets, 10 min walk N
2000 N Hamlin Ave — 342 tickets, 9 min walk N

Posted restrictions3,384 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1700 N Kimball Ave — 580 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1900 N Kimball Ave — 512 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1800 N Kimball Ave — 427 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Metered blocks7,883 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4000 W North Ave — 1,352 tickets, 9 min walk W
3900 W North Ave — 1,154 tickets, 7 min walk W
3500 W North Ave — 850 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
3950 W North Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
1579 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk W
4042 W North Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 750 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 cameras nearby.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 26, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.